N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors, Learning and memory: Chronic intraventricular infusion of the NMDA receptor antagonist d-AP5 interacts directly with the neural mechanisms of spatial learning

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 700-717

  Morris, R G M ^a   Steele, R J ^a   Bell, J E ^b   Martin, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Delay dependent deficit; Hippocampus; MK 801; Sensorimotor disturbances; Water maze

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INFUSIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84874511951     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12086     Document Type: Article

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